n Appar. io, m. or n. in
Lament 10
cited below,
but iā f. in later lang. `the month of the beacon-fire', Pokorny,
Jn. Celt. Stud. i 134
; see also
Études Celt. vi 65.
time of
the beginning of summer ; May ; first of May :
belltaine .i.
beil-tine .i. tene bil,
Corm. Y 122.
O'Mulc. 150.
Note further
Bil .i. o Biel .i. dia idal,
149
.
nó co beldine ' diu . . .
doaselbti dine gacha ceathra for seilb Beil. Beldine iarum
bel-dine, dine cecha cethrai,
ZCP iii 246.4
,
6
(Tochm. Emire).
is dé roinn nobid for an mpliadain and .i. in samrad (sic leg.)
o beltine co samfuin ┐ in gemred o samfuin co beltine,
245.26
,
27
.
ón teinidh sin do-níthí i n-onóir do Bhéil
ghairmthear Bealltaine don fhéil uasail ar a bhfuil lá an dá
apstal mar atá Pilip ┐ Seamus; Bealltaine .i. Béilteine nó
teine Bhéil,
Keat. ii 3833.
i mbelltaine `in May',
Laws i
132.13 Comm.
cus na belltanaib bida nesom `to the next
May-days',
ii 390.20
.
ó belltaine co belltaine,
iii 142.19
Comm.
an treas lá do mhí na bealtuine,
ZCP i 118.22
. gort
i mbrāen mbelltaini a field in a May shower,
ACL iii 238 § 5
(
Aithd. D. 80.5
).
braen na Bealltaine,
Stair Erc. 2104.
ada
buada belltaine: / coirm, mecoin, suabais serig,
Hib. Min. 49.4
.
it falte na hingina / o thic doib co beltene (: sentane) `Mayday',
Lament 10
(see note). la ria mBhealltaini `on the eve
of May Day',
Ann. Inisf. 1230.1
.
imm lóei belltaine,
LB 101
marg. inf. In n. pr.
Gilla Crist Húa Mael-belltaine,
RC xviii
191.14
(Tig.).